supersnowflakemaker.com
Draw on the pie with freeform or polygon tools, change the number of sections, click on the large snowflake to see fold, and.... download!
Enjoy + Happy Holidays!
(tech: threejs/r3f, react, ts, useSpring, tailwind, canvas, svg, offscreen canvas, paperjs)
Thank you for creating such a delightful tool. Wishing you and everyone a festive season!
Happy holidays + New Year!
I can’t name many apps that provide equal entertainment to my kid and I. You’ve done very well. As a bonus, the eight year old seems particularly motivated to learn JavaScript and start working on this kind of stuff herself.
Nice work and excellent share. Thanks so much for this!
Regardless: This is lovely.
One missed opportunity that I see with sites that allow HN people to play with things and be creative (e.g. I’ve seen a bunch of sound loop makers do this): add a quick “share” link for us to show some creations. Not that I really want to share anything I did, but would love to see what others have made!
Ex: a 3d box STL generator
I don't recall the details, but I believe one of them was even able to generate non-hexagonal snowflakes which happen under some circumstances.
I've been hoping to create a website around one of these models for some time now.
I started with 12 sections (or 6 lobes/mirrored sections) then wanted to play around with more section numbers without having to redraw.
I think 12 is for a more advanced paper snowflake maker although I think 8 can look cool too.
Wonder what number in-nature non-hexagonal number was. If you come across it, would love to include it!
If you create a snowflake site, I would love to try it!
Maybe add a short playable gif explainer showing a snowflake being made quickly.
If not, they may have added it later after reading some comments.
I would suggest you swap the left and right of the site.
noting: That would make it useful for using a design on a CNC or lasercutter.
That feature, as noted below is present --- click on the [>] button to go to a second page where these features are present.
- shouldn't use 100% of a core just sitting there, might want to check for busy looping and / or put in a sleep here and there
- if I disconnect a bit of paper it should go, rather than just sit there disconnected
Great work so far though! Thank you for the amusement :)
I'll look into other ways to not confuse SFSVC with these browsers.
Interestingly - downloads on Arc work really well but they are poorly done in Orion (open in a new window without clear option to download).
I use inappdebugger.com for testing exit links, UA, downloads etc.
Here's a snapshot: https://bsky.app/profile/shalanah.bsky.social/post/3las76tpl...